177 patient evaluations for Bupropion

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May 3, 2010 (Started May 01, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
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Apr 29, 2010 (Started Dec 10, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: The urge to smoke cigarettes ceased
Cost: < $25 monthly
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Apr 30, 2010 (Started Oct 15, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (stomach pain, tinnitus during day)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: It took several months for me to have a noticeable change in mood. It did not act "overnight".
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: tinnitus during day, stomach pain

Oct 1, 2008 (Started Oct 15, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: It took several months for me to see a long term change in my depression and thoughts about death. I tried adding another medication for anxiety that I had in the initial phases, but it made me feel too sleepy. Knowing the anxiety stemmed from the meds helped me understand why I was getting anxious so it did not go out of control and eventually this side effect has subsided.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: tinnitus during day, stomach pain
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Feb 10, 2010 (Started Oct 21, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (emotional lability)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: The side effects of taking a potentially harmful drug do not outweigh it's effect. It also did not help with my mood.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: emotional lability

Jan 14, 2010 (Started Oct 21, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Stopped feelings-- good and bad. Felt like a robot.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: emotional lability

Dec 30, 2009 (Started Oct 21, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (emotional lability)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Mood has improved, but maybe laughing TOO MUCH. I hope it evens out.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: emotional lability
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Apr 23, 2010 (Started Feb 24, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (irritability, anxious mood, dizziness, headaches, agitation with irritability, decreased appetite)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg/24 hours Daily
Advice & Tips: Just made anxiety and mood swings worse.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: decreased appetite, irritability, agitation with irritability, headaches, anxious mood, dizziness

Apr 14, 2010 (Started Feb 24, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (irritability, anxious mood, dizziness, headaches, agitation with irritability, decreased appetite)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg/24 hours Daily
Advice & Tips: I take 150mg in the morning and that's plenty. It makes me anxious enough that my klonopin no longer seems to work as well as it did. The combination, however, of Bupropion XL and Abilify has made me more stable. We upped the Abilify, I haven't had too much of a problem with the anxiety. I think I'll keep on taking it, hoping I remain sane.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: decreased appetite, irritability, agitation with irritability, headaches, anxious mood, dizziness

Mar 31, 2010 (Started Feb 24, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (irritability, anxious mood, dizziness, headaches, agitation with irritability, decreased appetite)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg/24 hours Daily
Advice & Tips: This drug was great for whatever mood problem I was having, however, I don't think it's helping my anxiety and is likely making it worse, not that I expected it to help with the anxiety. I think it's making my klonopin less effective and am, therefore, thinking about dropping it all together unfortunately.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: decreased appetite, irritability, agitation with irritability, headaches, anxious mood, dizziness

Mar 25, 2010 (Started Feb 24, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (irritability, anxious mood, dizziness, headaches, agitation with irritability, decreased appetite)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg/24 hours Daily
Advice & Tips: The first few weeks things got worse before they got better. Then things really started to actually get better. I take this with Abilify, so I don't know if it's ONLY the Bupropion on if adding the Abilify made that much of a difference, but I actually feel pretty good, just a little irritable from time to time. I find joy in things when I didn't at all before, so yeah, a vast improvement.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: decreased appetite, irritability, agitation with irritability, headaches, anxious mood, dizziness

Mar 16, 2010 (Started Feb 24, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (irritability, anxious mood, dizziness, headaches, agitation with irritability, decreased appetite)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg/24 hours Daily
Advice & Tips: I take 150mg of the XL version every day Not really any unexpected benefits, I was hoping to lose weight, but that didn't happen this has made me feel a little better, I think, but just for the past two days and it has made me more irritable than I think I can tolerate, don't know how much longer this will be part of my current cocktail.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: decreased appetite, irritability, agitation with irritability, headaches, anxious mood, dizziness

Mar 4, 2010 (Started Feb 24, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (irritability, anxious mood, dizziness, headaches, agitation with irritability, decreased appetite)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg/24 hours Daily
Advice & Tips: the first week was total hell, but now I'm starting to feel human again and having less mood swings, less sadness, less anxious ruminations. I feel better since swicthing to the XL version YESTERDAY even. It might be a fluke.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: decreased appetite, irritability, agitation with irritability, headaches, anxious mood, dizziness

Feb 24, 2010 (Started Feb 24, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (anxious mood, dizziness, agitation with irritability, decreased appetite)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Well, I don't care toeat all day, but this might be a byproduct of this stupid depression, and I was an irritable bitch, SEVERELY all day long, but I get that way when I don't eat, so finally I ate something just to stop that, but it still might be the Bupropion. I feel a little better after consuming 300 calories. Whatever keeps me alive. No unexpected benefits so far, I guess the lack of appetite but that's pretty screwed because I used to have an eating disorder and I LIKE not eating all day, maybe I'll drop a few pounds. This is my first week of treatment, so hopefully I can tough it out. I'm sure it's benign for some people and difficult for other people (like me)
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: decreased appetite, irritability, agitation with irritability, headaches, anxious mood, dizziness
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Jan 21, 2010 (Started Aug 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (dry mouth)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg/24 hours Daily
Side effects: dry mouth
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 22, 2010 (Started Feb 02, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: SR Great Med but have to take in two doses XL easier one dose.
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 12, 2010 (Started Oct 16, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: This medication worked very well for me for anxiety/depression for a long time. I have hypertension that is hard to control and it was advised by my physician to come off of it. It has helped my blood pressure to decrease. There was also concern that I could get Serotonin overload since I am also taking Cymbalta and Nortriptyline. The affect on my blood pressure is the only side effect I ever had on this med. It really helped my depression and anxiety. I had no issues with taking it during the day. It certainly gave me a better quality of life as I was diagnosed many years ago with clinical depression.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 21, 2010 (Started Mar 03, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (sexual dysfunction)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: sexual dysfunction
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 20, 2010 (Started Dec 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for decreased sex drive (libido))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Better than nothing.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks
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